State, Religion and Education: the debate arisen from ADI 4439

Authors

  • Jonnas Esmeraldo Marques de Vasconcelos Substitute Professor of the Law Faculty of the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA, Brazil). Doctoral student in Economic Law and Master degree in Human Rights, Faculty of Law, Universidade de São Paulo.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3232/REB.2016.V3.N5.2241

Keywords:

Brazilian Education, religious education, secularism

Abstract

In 2010, the Republic’s General Attorney Office filed at the Federal Supreme Court a Direct Suit for
Unconstitutionality (ADI n. 4439), in which advocated against some of the religious education-related
articles of the National Education Law (Law nº 9.349/96) and of the international treaty (Concordat)
between Brazil and the Holy See (Decree nº 7.107/10). In order to contribute to this debate, the present
article is divided in three parts. Firstly, we seek to precise the concept and the importance of secularism.
Afterwards, we analyse the historical development of Brazil’s secularism, focusing on the education. Finally, we present our opinion about how it’s possible to combine “religious education” with secularism.

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Published

2016-10-05

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 5 (2016)

Section

Dossier

How to Cite

State, Religion and Education: the debate arisen from ADI 4439. (2016). Revista De Estudios Brasileños, 3(5). https://doi.org/10.3232/REB.2016.V3.N5.2241